Canada 2006 (Long and pic. heavy) [Archive] - Indiana Sportsman.com

07-02-2006, 09:27 AM

Got back from my trip to Canada last night, and I tried to post a longwinded report, but apparently I had tried to upload too many images on the thread, and I couldn't post it. So, here's what I'm going to try...I'll post my reports on this thread one day at a time to see if that helps. It'll be a while before I get all eight days on there, so bear with me.

07-02-2006, 09:31 AM

Mark pulling into the dock on the night we got to the lake (you have to boat your gear in as there is no road access).

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Some shots of the lake:

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We didn't fish this night, as it was the night before opening day of bass season in Ontario.

07-02-2006, 09:35 AM

Day 2 started off pretty well. This is Joe (my boat partner) with a nice first photo opportunity:

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Me with my first photos:

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Joe during the evening fish:

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QuailDancer

07-02-2006, 09:39 AM

Welcome back, James!

Cool pics as always.

07-02-2006, 09:41 AM

Got up pretty early to get after 'em on this morning, and boy did it pay off! Here's my biggest fish of the trip. She's four pounds, seven ounces, and I got the fish on a topwater lure in twelve feet of water right next to a stickup. I had another fish on the same size as this one less than an hour later, but we missed the net job...:banghead3

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Joe during the morning fish:

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Oh no! Towing the boys back on the second day of fishing? Luckily, it was a minor problem that was fixed in camp...:dizzy:

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07-02-2006, 09:45 AM

What a fun day of fishing! Here's Joe with a nine-pound pike...it kicked his a$$, but he got it in the boat!

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This pike hit a topwater lure, and was the most devastating topwater hit Joe has ever seen!

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Me with some beautys:

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07-02-2006, 09:49 AM

More nice smallies on day 5!

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QuailDancer

07-02-2006, 09:54 AM

Did everyone catch smallmouth like that, or did you just pass one fish around for everyone to take a photo with?
Lord, those are nice!

07-02-2006, 09:56 AM

We struggled a little bit on day six....saw a tremendous amount of HUGE fish, but couldn't get them to hit, and if we did, couldn't keep them hooked up. We did get some nice fish though.

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These three baby minks must have thought we were mama, because they swam right out to us! These pics. aren't zoomed, as the minks were right in front of the trolling motor!

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Back to fishing:

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Mark, blowing up the air bed on night 6:

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07-02-2006, 10:04 AM

Am I on day 7? I lost count.

The boys pitching lures;

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Somehow, I dissappear from the action for a while...:(

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Joe fighting a nice smallie:

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07-02-2006, 10:09 AM

My big comeback!

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Some pics. of the scenery:

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My last fish of the trip:

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07-02-2006, 10:14 AM

Some shots of the Mackinaw Bridge on the way home:

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All in all, we had a pretty good trip. Out of the six of us that were there for eight nights, the largest smallmouth taken was five pounds, one ounce. There were several fish taken during the week that weighed over four pounds. I saw probably the biggest smallmouth of my life roll up on Joe's topwater lure, but he missed it...:banghead3 Hope you guys enjoyed the report!

BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS

07-02-2006, 10:19 AM

DAMMIT BOY...Looks like some very good times. had fun watching while you were posting!!!!:biggrin:

07-02-2006, 10:38 AM

Did everyone catch smallmouth like that, or did you just pass one fish around for everyone to take a photo with?
Lord, those are nice!
All different fish, man!

Dean Weimer

07-02-2006, 11:11 AM

I told you he was the Bass-assin!!!! Welcome back J.L. Looks like a blast bro. The pictures take me back to MN.....

Rowdy

07-02-2006, 11:17 AM

JL, do you guys keep the fish or is it catch and release? Looked to me like you had some really nice "trophy" quality fish. Congradulations on the trip, looked like a blast!

07-02-2006, 11:18 AM

JL, do you guys keep the fish or is it catch and release? Looked to me like you had some really nice "trophy" quality fish. Congradulations on the trip, looked like a blast!
They all go back into the lake, unless we're planning a shore lunch, which we didn't do this year. Thanks for the comments, it was ideed a fun trip!

Dean Weimer

07-02-2006, 11:23 AM

I noticed that there weren't any Goldies in the pics. What gives J.L.???

07-02-2006, 11:24 AM

I noticed that there weren't any Goldies in the pics. What gives J.L.???
What's a goldie?

Dean Weimer

07-02-2006, 11:28 AM

An 'Eye for an 'Eye....

pigeonflier

07-02-2006, 11:30 AM

Those are some AWESOME pics. Did you get to meet god while you were up there in Heaven? I am really, really impressed!!!!!!!!!;)

07-02-2006, 11:30 AM

Funny thing about the lake we fish...it's 8,800 acres, and there are no walleye in the lake. There are 'eyes in all the lakes around us, but not in the one we fish. Lake trout and northern pike are the other game fish attractions to this particular lake.

07-02-2006, 11:31 AM

Those are some AWESOME pics. Did you get to meet god while you were up there in Heaven? I am really, really impressed!!!!!!!!!;)
Thanks, Pigeon...it certainly is a beautiful place up there!

410

07-02-2006, 05:03 PM

james looks like you had a blast and WOW some nice smallmouth, When I go to Canada it looks like Heaven and how quiet it is. I glad you had a great trip.

treehugger

07-02-2006, 06:49 PM

Awesome Smallies JL...looks like a great place.

Indy Archer

07-02-2006, 08:53 PM

Impressive! I hope that we can see similar success in Ontario in early September.

bigling97

07-03-2006, 06:52 AM

Nice fish Jl!!!!!! I like trips like those,you can tell what day of the trip you are on by looking at the whiskers on everybodys face. Very nice smallies had to be a ball.

JoshS

07-03-2006, 11:57 AM

Great fish JL. Biggest smallie I have ever caught was a little less than 2 pounds out of a creek in Lafayette, couldn't imagine what a 4+ pounder would do to a pole.

Couldn't help but notice the Michigan hat as well.

Dean Weimer

07-03-2006, 12:47 PM

Please Josh, don't inflate him any more than he already is about Michigan......:mad:

ccavacini

07-03-2006, 03:05 PM

James, thanks for sharing the trip....sweet Smallies.

07-03-2006, 06:12 PM

Couldn't help but notice the Michigan hat as well.
It brought me the most luck of any hat of the week!

treehugger

07-03-2006, 06:57 PM

Michiganer :bash:

JoshS

07-07-2006, 01:26 PM

Please Josh, don't inflate him any more than he already is about Michigan......:mad:
What is wrong with Michigan Dean? Just be thankful Purdue doesn't have to play at the Big House this year, heck, even play Michigan at all this fall. Wasn't Purdue's last win at the Big House when Bob Griese was QB.

JoshS

07-07-2006, 01:29 PM

Michiganer :bash:
Randy,

These are the types of comments that don't get you invited over for brats in the big town of Montezuma!

treehugger

07-07-2006, 02:00 PM

:gaga: :gaga:

Dean Weimer

07-07-2006, 04:49 PM

I believe it's Michigander people. Josh are you from Michigan? Where?

410

07-07-2006, 06:38 PM

Well that don't make James all bad with a M on his hat. But man Purdue on that man's head and you will make him a true fisherman.

Mark G

07-07-2006, 09:46 PM

very cool pics,,, makin me miss da ford river in da great U.P.!!!!!

JoshS

07-11-2006, 01:15 PM

I believe it's Michigander people. Josh are you from Michigan? Where?
No, I am not from Michigan, although I wish was sometimes, at least for seven Saturday's from September through November when the Wolverines take the field at the Big House. I'm originally grew up 5-10 from Patoka Lake in a little town called Dubois. So yes I am waiting patiently for the Casino to open in French Lick for when I make the trip home to visit my parents.

Currently, I am trying to see if I would be able to get a graduate's degree online from Michigan starting this fall. Have to see how the chips fall.

07-11-2006, 01:16 PM

Go Blue!!!

treehugger

07-11-2006, 01:28 PM

Josh...that would be quite an accomplishment to get a graduate degree from Michigan, good luck with that. You would definitely have one up on a majority of the 6 year football players there and about 95% of the basketball players...you would actually have a degree!!!!!!!!!!! :yikes:

JoshS

07-11-2006, 01:38 PM

:gaga: Don't be sore because Mich. is everything IU wants to be!!

trdtnlbwhntr

07-11-2006, 01:42 PM

what about glen robinson. K-A-R car. Purdue bout me a knew kar.I got me a fish in my rume. C-A-R-P ... goldfish. Coche Kady said I kuld hav it as long as i put the ball in the rim and didnt hert nobodie.

treehugger

07-11-2006, 01:45 PM

....and who can forget about the great Chris Webber...I tounted on dis hand and taught we had une mo' time out left....HAAAA HAAAAA HAAAA!!!!!!

trdtnlbwhntr

07-11-2006, 01:59 PM

ah chit coch i am sorry i weery weery am. Hey guys hows about we go get us some wite girls tonite ill let u hav da furst pics.

Dean Weimer

07-11-2006, 02:35 PM

And this started out as a thread about J.L's fishing trip a few weeks ago. I have come to the unprofessional opinion that we are all in desperate need of deer season....oh wait, I thought that is what someone said back in the late winter about spring fishing season. Is anyone else addicted to this site? I think we all need :help: !!!! Perhaps we should start with a :grouphug: ??!Naaahhhhh, I think we're all just :dizzy: !!!! The :evilsmile has taken over the minds of the is.com folks for sure.

And, who started in on the Political crap? That thread has went south for sure. Makes the "Museum Quaility" threads seem alright....."I once shot a 350 pound dressed fawn that I got 315 pounds of meat from". Let's get back to the real stuff people.....

Stop the madness!!!!!!!!!

J.L. and I talked on the phone earlier today...we think this full moon is making us all crazy.....any other "theories" as to why we've all gotten whacko "all of a sudden"?

treehugger

07-11-2006, 02:41 PM

And this started out as a thread about J.L's fishing trip a few weeks ago. I have come to the unprofessional opinion that we are all in desperate need of deer season....oh wait, I thought that is what someone said back in the late winter about spring fishing season. Is anyone else addicted to this site? I think we all need :help: !!!! Perhaps we should start with a :grouphug: ??!Naaahhhhh, I think we're all just :dizzy: !!!! The :evilsmile has taken over the minds of the is.com folks for sure.

And, who started in on the Political crap? That thread has went south for sure. Makes the "Museum Quaility" threads seem alright....."I once shot a 350 pound dressed fawn that I got 315 pounds of meat from". Let's get back to the real stuff people.....

Stop the madness!!!!!!!!!
uuuuuhhhh....that would be me :hide: ....you have to admit it did spark some interest...i'm surprised the site didn't crash between that and the "other" topics of interest lately...I admit it, I do need to go out and kill somethin' in a bad way. does that make me all bad or :coco:

BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS

07-11-2006, 02:48 PM

YOU have POLITICAL or OLDBUCKKILLER.....Tough call, does crow really taste like CHICKEN????:biggrin: :bash:

HuntinIN

07-11-2006, 03:07 PM

Maybe we should all go kill some crows just to get our heads straight. We can have a big old crow barbecue!

trdtnlbwhntr

07-11-2006, 03:14 PM

can we invite Glen Robinson we will tell him its chicken

QuailDancer

07-11-2006, 03:26 PM

YOU have POLITICAL or OLDBUCKKILLER.....Tough call, does crow really taste like CHICKEN????:biggrin: :bash:Sheryl Crow?

Dean Weimer

07-11-2006, 06:07 PM

YOU have POLITICAL or OLDBUCKKILLER.....Tough call, does crow really taste like CHICKEN????:biggrin: :bash:I'm betting it tastes more like chicken than fish; that's all I'm saying Brewer.....But, I guess if we really want to know how Crow tastes then we'll have to ask Lance Armstrong!!:hide: !!!

Dean Weimer

07-11-2006, 06:11 PM

And this started out as a thread about J.L's fishing trip a few weeks ago. I have come to the unprofessional opinion that we are all in desperate need of deer season....oh wait, I thought that is what someone said back in the late winter about spring fishing season. Is anyone else addicted to this site? I think we all need :help: !!!! Perhaps we should start with a :grouphug: ??!Naaahhhhh, I think we're all just :dizzy: !!!! The :evilsmile has taken over the minds of the is.com folks for sure.

And, who started in on the Political crap? That thread has went south for sure. Makes the "Museum Quaility" threads seem alright....."I once shot a 350 pound dressed fawn that I got 315 pounds of meat from". Let's get back to the real stuff people.....

Stop the madness!!!!!
J.L. and I talked earlier on the phone and we've decided that the full moon is to blame for everyone's seemingly absurd behavior all of a sudden. Any other theories out there?

QuailDancer

07-11-2006, 07:34 PM

J.L. and I talked earlier on the phone and we've decided that the full moon is to blame for everyone's seemingly absurd behavior all of a sudden. Any other theories out there?
I blame the darn constant banjo music in the background...i know i heard something that sounded like a pig squeelin' too. :coco:

treehugger

07-11-2006, 07:48 PM

i started feeling kinda' weird during the waxing moon phase...i'm starting to stabilize now during the full moon phase...i'm a little concerned how I will react to the waning moon phase...any home remedies out there that may help me?

trdtnlbwhntr

07-11-2006, 08:13 PM

that pig squeeling was just Deans girlfriend when he puckered up those big pork lips....

07-11-2006, 10:29 PM

Not what I envisioned when I started this thread...:nono:

JoshS

07-12-2006, 08:32 AM

....and who can forget about the great Chris Webber...I tounted on dis hand and taught we had une mo' time out left....HAAAA HAAAAA HAAAA!!!!!!
Just remember Randy, if the traveling would have been called 8 seconds earlier, the timeout would have never happened. Oh well, I guess there is no chance of calling a timeout though if your team is sitting at home watching on that Monday night!

I still consider it a blessing that the timeout occurred though. The NCAA would have taken the Championship away from Michigan because we had to forfeit all the games that the four "paid" players played in.

QuailDancer

07-12-2006, 08:34 AM

Not what I envisioned when I started this thread...:nono:I feel for ya, James. Slap a few photos of some hog sized fish on this bad boy and turn the ship around. That'll show 'em.

410

07-12-2006, 09:18 AM

Well JL no matter what I still have you back. (I would like to stay in good with you, maybe there will be a opening next year to go North). It beautiful up there and to just get away from it all would be worth it. Your right tree I am starting to feel better now that the moon is changing.